Combination shade, curtain, and drapery fixture



AC'. R. VAN slcKLE v HBINATION SHADE, CURTAIN. l Aub DRAPERY FIXTURE Fired April 28, 192.4

Patented fitug. Al, i925.

htitdjflz ORSON R. VAN SIC'KLE, OF TOLEDO, O-IO, ASSGNR GF 0NE-HALF TO PAUL BUR- SMITH, Ofi? TOLEDO, OHO.

COMBINATXON SHADE, CUBJTAIN, AND DRAPERY FXTURE.

Application led April 28, 1924.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l,.OnsoN R. VAN Sienna, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Combination Shade, Curtain, and Drapery Fixture, which invention is fully set forth in the following specification.

This invention relates to combined shade, curtain and drapery fixtures for windows, and has for its object the provision of a simple, strong and inexpensive fixture of this class which is adapted to have curtain and drapery bars, or either, easily and quickly attached thereto or detached therefrom.

The invention is fully described in the following specification, and while in its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in different forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure l is a top plan view of a pair of fixtures embodying the invention with a shade roller and curtain and drapery bars carried thereby and partly broken away. Fig. 2 is an outer side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the two fixture members in operative relation, and Fig. 4f is an end view of one of the curtain or drapery bars.

Referring to the drawings, l and 2 designate the shade fixtures, each of which is stamped in L-shape from sheet metal to form the base flange or foot 3 and the outwardly projecting bearing arm 4l. The base flange of each fixture is perforated at 5 to receive nails or other suitable securing means for attaching it to a window casing, and the arm l of one fixture is provided near its outer end with the bearing opening 6 while the arm of the other fixture is provided with the slot 7 to receive the respective circular and flat journalled stud members of the shade roller 8, as is customarily the case. Y

A bracket member is formed on the upper edge of its arm 4t near its inner end with an integral finger 9 of l. or hook shape, which is bent outwardly to horizontal position with its inner edge parallel to and cooperating with the upper edge portion of the flange 3 to form an elongated slot-like opening l0, the outer end of which is closed by the hooked or laterally projecting end Serial No. 709,326.

portion of the finger which rests at its free end on the top edge of the flange 3. The purpose of the fixture ngers 9 is to provide a member on each fixture with which the adjacent end of a curtain bar ll or drapery bar l2, or both, may have hooked engagement to retain it to the fixture. To enable a bar to be placed in hook engagement with fixture finger 9 the top edge oit' the bar is provided with a notch 18 for receiving the outwardly extending portion of the respective linger, and the edge portion of the bar, which is in ac vane of and forms the outer wall of the notch 13, forms a stud 14 which is adapted to be projected up into the respective fixture opening l0 and has its inner edge inclined or of hooked form to adapt it to have holding engagement with the inner wall of the finger. The bars lland 12 are of flat form inl vertical dimensions, thereby adapting the bars to extend a distance below the fingers 9 when engaged therewith s0 that their ends may have end abutment against the front sides of the fixture flanges 3 and co-operate with the lingers 9 to hold the bars in horizontal position, as is apparent. r1fhe bars ll and l2 are preferably of the longitudinally adjustable type to adapt them to be adjusted to suit the spacing of the fixture members. ln order to maintain the leg portions of the two bars l1 and l2 in transversely spaced relation when engaged to the xtures l and 2, the base flange 3 of each fixture is formed substantially centrally otl its side edges with a ridge l5 to project between the adjacent ends of the two bars.

It is evident that I have provided a simple and inexpensive shade roller fixture of stamped sheet metal form and with which one or more curtain and drapery bars may be easily and quickly engaged.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A one-piece stamped shade roller fixture having a base fiange, a bearing arm projecting outwardly from one edge of the fiange, and an L-shaped finger formed on the upper edge of the bearing arm integral therewith and projecting laterally therefrom in forwardly spaced relation to the flange to form an elongated space between the linger and base flange to receive the hooked end of a drapery bar for engagement with g Y Y 'Y 11,548,792

its nger, the olilter end of said space being Y opening for receiving a portion of a curtain closed by the angled end of the inger. or Adrapery bar for engagement fwith the" 2. A stalnpedshade roller xture having lnger, and the base lanfe having a bar l0 a ybese flange and en outwardly projecting spacing projection on its front side. v bearlng ari'n,tl1e arm belng fornledjtfth an In testlrnony Whereol I havel hereunto integral laterally projecting finger which signed my name to this specification. co-operates with .the base flangel to form en VAN SICKLE. 

